Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Hoyt W. Fuller (1923-1981)
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Ruth Cave Flowers (1902-1980)
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Archie Alphonso Alexander (1888-1958)
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Confounded: The Enigma of “Blind Tom” Wiggins

Explore Global African History

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Harold Bradley (1929- )
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I Remember Madiba: Paul Suzman Eulogizes Nelson Mandela
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Cubah Cornwallis (? – 1848)
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Stuart Hall (1932-2014)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Africans and African Americans in China: A Long History, A Troubled Present, and a Promising Future?
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African Cowboys on the Argentine Pampas: Their Disappearance from the Historical Record
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Has President Obama Changed the Way Washington Works?
Kansas Runaway
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“Blazing a Path to Freedom: African Americans and Their White Allies in Bleeding Kansas”

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators